Best Practices Conference 2014

'Lead Your Campus to the Top: Best Practices in Internationalizing the Campus'

The Institute of International Education will host the Annual Best Practices in Internationalization Conference at the IIE headquarters in New York City. Leading experts in the field and the winners of the 2014 Andrew Heiskell Awards for Innovation in International Education will present successful strategies for internationalizing the campus. The conference will focus on themes such as internationalization strategies, expanding participation in study abroad, and building international partnerships. There will be optional pre-conference roundtables and a networking dinner held the day before the main conference on Thursday, March 13.

Brazil, one of the largest economies in the world, has recently emerged as an international higher education powerhouse, in large part because of the landmark Ciências sem Fronteiras program that aims to send 100,000 Brazilian student abroad. This session will address key opportunities for expanding overall engagement with Brazil, and will feature partnership strategies, expanding U.S. study to Brazil, and best practices for hosting Brazil Scientific Mobility Students on U.S. campuses.

Afternoon Roundtable Sessions: (choice of one)

The Impact of Globalization on International Education

Global education, as we understand it today, would be unthinkable without the many forces of globalization—economic, political, social, cultural. This session will draw substantive, analytical, and critical links between the wide spectrum of serious thinking about globalization and the practice of global education.

Facilitating International Research Collaboration

The cutting edge research performed at higher education institutions around the world is vital to solving global issues such as climate change, sustainable development, food security, and the expansion of the world’s urban populations. They key to delivering on this global need is international collaboration. This session will look at best practices and strategies for expanding research collaboration with international partners, including innovative models for tri- or multilateral research partnerships.

Early Bird Registration (until January 24)

$260 Member Price (includes lunch) REG: $295

$290 Non-Member Price (includes lunch) REG: $335

$115 Concurrent Roundtables (on March 13, 10am-4pm, includes lunch)

$75 Networking Dinner (at a local Manhattan restaurant on March 13, 7-9pm)